Improved ohahbelldfchtool



@nitrhitetrs gewent @Hire GEORGE W. BRUYNE, OFr MEXICO, YORK.

Lettere .Patent No. 77,653, dated May v5, 1868.

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TO WHOM IT-MAY GONOERN:

Be it known that I, 'GEORGE W. PRUYNE, of Mexico, Oswego county, and State of New York,4 have mode new and useful Improvementsin Channelling-Tools, for hnrness-makers or other leather-workers use; and I hereby declare .the following to be a. fnll and exact description'of the same, reference being had to the drawings that accompany and form`n part of these specifications, l

The object of my invention is to provide a. tool for-cutting ein even channel in leather, for stitching, when we desire to have the stitches covered and out of sigh't.-

Figurel, perspective view.' A y t Figure 2, seetionelview, showing the form ofthe slide, sind manner of operating the samefa'nd how ther knife is heldin position. l

Letter A, lower part of the tool, in which a. slot, e, is formed, to insert` the knife, nd the slide by' which the knife is held in place. v l

Letter Byslide that holdsthe knife, and also forms one o't' -theshoulders or guides necessry toV centrolithe topl and secnre en even channel.

Letter C, handle, the-lower ends forming a set-screw, that operates the slide B.

Letter D, knife.

The knife is placed-in thelo'wer part of the slot e, and can be adjusted to cnt enydethythe slide B, by the operation of' the set-screW-G, holding it at anypoint desired. I The mrt-extending below theknife formsa shoulder and guide, to be placed against the edge of the leather.

By reference to the drawings, the application of the -tool will be readily seen. Placing theftool upon the corner or edge of the strapin 1which AWe wish to make e. chainneh'wend the s lideB forms a guide, running on the top, and the extension below the slot e a'guidve, running on the edge-ofthe strap, the knife extending at an angle between'the two, and, as we push it along, it cutsa. channel true and even in depth.

What I claim, and desire to'secure by Letters P atent, isf The slide B, so constructed as to serve thedouble purpose of holding the knife andforniing a. shoulder er guide for the tool, in connection with the part A, substantially as described and set forth. l

The handle, C, forming a. set-screw, .and acting in combinntion'with the 4part A and slide B,- substantilly as described, and for the purposes specified. f

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Y GEO. W. PRUYNE. Witnesses: i

H. W. Looms,

C. F. Kmenzr. 

